The first half did not go well for the Horned Frogs.
Playing in the gorgeous Dickies Arena — as beautiful a facility as you will find anywhere, by the way — TCU came out flat on both ends of the floor. A flurry of foul calls didn’t help things, as the Frogs were in foul trouble seemingly before they had even gotten into the game. The Trojans scored first and they would score often in the first half, as they seemingly got whatever they wanted around the basket — thanks to some poor perimeter defense by TCU that helped USC to score 46 points in the paint and shoot nearly 60% in the first half (and 52.